New band saw table....

I needed a larger table for my 14 inch band saw. So I looked up a 16×36 inch piece of 10 gauge aluminum from my stock pile. This is what I came up with. The finished size is 16×26.

This morning my neighbor, Mike, came over and wanted to use my saw. He had some 8/4 oak to radius the corners on.

Just as we were really getting started, the mail ran and here was my new Wood slicer. We finished the cutting with the HD cheapy blade and got him back to work. Now th swap out the blades and get a good blade on this thing.

I am not sure how you do this stuff Rand, but it is impressive. Good show…..........

Still thinking about the new band saw, will probably get a bigger one, to do double duty for rips. Short rips I can even do on my supersled, its a big beast.

Got pressed into making an emergency weaver’s raddle for my wife, she needed a specific one for the size of a small loom she was using in any case. She had lent out her other one, it never came back, but it was too big anyway. It is essentially a comb with nails for the teeth.

So I took an oak scrap, it needed to be 16.75 inches by 1.75 inches. Sanded it off. Had her select the size finishing nails she wanted, 8d, drilled the holes, and temporally mounted it with some light duty Vise Grip clamps. She loves it. She designed her own thing, so it works perfect. When she is done with this weaving project I will wax the wood and nails, and find a better method to clamp it, probably some carriage bolts into her loom with wing nuts.

Maybe I’ll blog this after I am done. She needed it like….......right now! So it is in use with my clamps Quick Clamps holding it for now.

Love to make stuff for Sherie….......she appreciates it, and its fun….......If you didn’t read this, check it out….......

RandHear you, looking to buy a 17 inch at least….....probably order in the next few weeks. It will be the biggest and best saw in the shop relatively speaking, but as I watch and read, the bandsaw is the prime mover in a lot of shops.